Insert Mark Hamill picture here, because every word you just said was false. To pick just one issue, Manning's Oath of Enlistment required her to defend the Constitution of the United States, not neocon war criminals breaking every law under the sun. She tried the vaunted 'chain of command' and was shut down, leaving a leak her only option to uphold said oath.
Bu$hitler was the first president people reacted to in such an infantile, spittle flecked way.
Err, wut? Right-wingers went so far as to produce a documentary series, the Clinton Chronicles, telling tales of how the Clintons had people murdered to protect their drug running empire, had Vince Foster executed, etc etc. A fact I would rub in the face of Obamabots when they'd whine about him having it so hard from the GOP.
Which is all ironic, of course, given that Bill Clinton was by far the most successful president in advancing ideology into signed legislation.
All these points together provide ample justification for Assange's concerns.
That and the fact that Assange has offered to be interviewed by investigators at the embassy, or to return to Sweden if given a no-extradition promise to the United States. Even if you think Assange is merely posturing, such a promise would mean Ecuador would no longer have a reason to grant him asylum.
If this really was about an alleged rape case, Sweden has had years to make it clear it's only about an alleged rape case, and not a pretext to hand him over to the US.
"Gottfrid Svartholm will be kept in detention for at least two more weeks on suspicion of hacking into a Swedish IT company connected to the country's tax authorities. According to Prosecutor Henry Olin the extended detention is needed 'to prevent him from having contact with other people.' The Pirate Bay co-founder is not allowed to have visitors and is even being denied access to newspapers and television. . ..
Lawyers for the 33-year-old, who lives in Suffolk, had argued that Love should be tried in Britain for allegedly hacking into US government websites and that he would be at risk of killing himself if sent to the US.
Before blowing that off as outlandish, Sweden is known for keeping suspects incommunicado for weeks without even charging them, and then deporting them to other countries to face other charges. Obama had Chelsea Manning tortured with solitary confident for months - yes it's torture and it causes permanent damage after a couple weeks - and she eventually attempted suicide.
Cops get false or misleading calls all the time - not only did the house they roll up to not match the caller's description, it didn't even have the right number of floors. For all the cop knew, the man walking out the door was a hostage, but more importantly was unarmed and made no sudden moves towards police - who were all at a safe distance and in cover.
Known to be false. They only targeted conservative groups. Source: literally any news source in the past five years, liberal or conservative.
Neat thing about facts is that they don't give a shit about what you think. No different from Democrats who wont let the lack of evidence dissuade them from their Russiagate hysteria, or Birthers who held onto their conspiracy theories after the release of Obama's long-form birth certificate.
The fact is that not only were liberal groups targeted, they were the only ones to be denied tax-exempt status. Deal with it.
Unless it's not. Cops in NYC insisted that stop-and-frisk was responsible for lowering crime rates, and if the policy was ended, crime rates would go back up. Policy was ended....and crime rates continued to fall.
No, he did not. Zimmerman's defense was based on a claim of pure self-defense. It was NOT based on "stand-your-ground". The preponderance of the evidence is that he was walking away when Martin assaulted him.
Have you always supported creepy neighborhood stalkers with guns, or just ones named George after 2012?
ave to reign in the police unions to do that, but to the people yelling loudest about abuses public sector unions are sacrosanct.
You can stop trying to fuck that chicken now. I know you would really like to make this "the left supports unaccountable police unions" thing happen, but it's not going to happen. Unless you can point to where leftists and the UAW have gotten together to allow auto workers to beat people heads in with wrenches (for no reason) and get away with it scott free, of course.
Cops don't have dangerous jobs in the USA - roofers, retail workers, fishermen about a dozen other professions all have it harder than cops do, and thats before taking out car accidents that have nothing to do with Officer Fife needing to get his gun off.
That's nice. Can you try again, with an analogy that's actually relevant? The swatter didn't directly case the person to be shot the way your screwdriver directly causes paint damage.
Since we're not willfully obtuse authoritarians, we can see that cops who had a house (that didn't match the description in the 911 call) surrounded, at distance, were in cover and yet shot the first person to come to the door within a matter of seconds.
We don't have the guns to protect us from the police. We have them to protect us from people breaking into our homes.
And then its the cops doing a no-knock raid on your house for a bogus warrant (or when they should be going to the house across the street) and they will shoot your dumb ass if you're holding so much as a cell phone?
This is a gross distortion of the facts. They don't shoot people all the time, it happens occasionally.
It's barely February and American cops have already shot more people than most other countries do in a decade. And that's only looking at lethal shootings, not cases like a 2014 incident where a cop shot a man for following the cops orders who survived.
A lot is expected of cops, regardless of what the bigots in the #BLM think.
The fact that cops can gun people down for no reason and get away with it, throughout most of the country, puts the lie to that statement.
Based on the 911 call, he wasn't. He was a murderer who had already killed one, and was about to kill two more.
And for all the cops knew, this was one of the hostages walking out the door.
Based on the 911 call, he had a hand gun.
A handgun no one saw. Don't know about Kansas cops, but I had firearms safety when I was eight and one of the cardinal rules was "always know what you are shooting at". Also the 911 all described a completely different house, a fact that none of the pathetic cop excuse makers will acknowledge.
That detective should make intelligent decisions based on evaluating the situation.
Decisions like "hey we're pretty damned safe since we're a hundred feet away and in cover".
and the suspect raises his hands suddenly
Empty hands two seconds after walking out his own door.
What would you do, wait for him to shoot at you or shoot him first?
See above on distance and cover. Even if that was an actual hostage taker, the cops chances of winning the Powerball on his way home would be greater than the suspect getting off a successful hip shot at that range.
The procedure how SWAT approaches suspects should be altered such that police should carry bulletproof shields.
They had shields.
So blame senior police management who were responsible for the training and policies, not the cops.
There was a little court case a while ago that settled the issue of "just following orders".
Give this cop apologia a rest. For all the LEO knew, the man walking out the door was a hostage. An obviously unarmed hostage.
Perhaps the cops should have been more wary because of the anonymous 911 call.
Cops have to deal with false calls all the time. If they can't do that without being dumb panicky shits that murder people, they have no business wearing a badge in the first place.
Can at least have cops and DA's from different jurisdictions/forces doing the investigating. Police officers shoot an unarmed man minding his own business? At least have the county sheriff's office investigate. Oh, it was the county sheriff's that did the shooting? Have the state highway patrol do the investigation. etc.
There would still be an institutional bias but it wouldn't be as bad as organizations clearing themselves of their actions.
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That willful obtuseness is just wasting our time and insulting your own intelligence.
Insert Mark Hamill picture here, because every word you just said was false. To pick just one issue, Manning's Oath of Enlistment required her to defend the Constitution of the United States, not neocon war criminals breaking every law under the sun. She tried the vaunted 'chain of command' and was shut down, leaving a leak her only option to uphold said oath.
When Muslim is used as a synonym for Arab - which all islamophobes do whether unconsciously or not - it's definitely racism.
Err, wut? Right-wingers went so far as to produce a documentary series, the Clinton Chronicles, telling tales of how the Clintons had people murdered to protect their drug running empire, had Vince Foster executed, etc etc. A fact I would rub in the face of Obamabots when they'd whine about him having it so hard from the GOP.
Which is all ironic, of course, given that Bill Clinton was by far the most successful president in advancing ideology into signed legislation.
Then how do you know it's a nightmare. Going off of some anecdote that dates back to the Bush Administration?
That and the fact that Assange has offered to be interviewed by investigators at the embassy, or to return to Sweden if given a no-extradition promise to the United States. Even if you think Assange is merely posturing, such a promise would mean Ecuador would no longer have a reason to grant him asylum.
If this really was about an alleged rape case, Sweden has had years to make it clear it's only about an alleged rape case, and not a pretext to hand him over to the US.
Could always try reading the citation:
USG tortured Chelsea Manning - who eventually attempted suicide - with months of solitary confinement.
Before blowing that off as outlandish, Sweden is known for keeping suspects incommunicado for weeks without even charging them, and then deporting them to other countries to face other charges. Obama had Chelsea Manning tortured with solitary confident for months - yes it's torture and it causes permanent damage after a couple weeks - and she eventually attempted suicide.
Amazon was negotiating new contracts whereas Apple had existing ones - no wonder why it didn't happen overnight.
Have you always made up stupid hysterical bullshit in order to avoid a simple point, or has this been a recent condition for you?
Nope. Feel free to come up with an indirect-to-indirect comparison and try again.
Cops get false or misleading calls all the time - not only did the house they roll up to not match the caller's description, it didn't even have the right number of floors. For all the cop knew, the man walking out the door was a hostage, but more importantly was unarmed and made no sudden moves towards police - who were all at a safe distance and in cover.
So this copologia doesn't fly.
Neat thing about facts is that they don't give a shit about what you think. No different from Democrats who wont let the lack of evidence dissuade them from their Russiagate hysteria, or Birthers who held onto their conspiracy theories after the release of Obama's long-form birth certificate.
The fact is that not only were liberal groups targeted, they were the only ones to be denied tax-exempt status. Deal with it.
Unless it's not. Cops in NYC insisted that stop-and-frisk was responsible for lowering crime rates, and if the policy was ended, crime rates would go back up. Policy was ended....and crime rates continued to fall.
Have you always supported creepy neighborhood stalkers with guns, or just ones named George after 2012?
You can stop trying to fuck that chicken now. I know you would really like to make this "the left supports unaccountable police unions" thing happen, but it's not going to happen. Unless you can point to where leftists and the UAW have gotten together to allow auto workers to beat people heads in with wrenches (for no reason) and get away with it scott free, of course.
Cops don't have dangerous jobs in the USA - roofers, retail workers, fishermen about a dozen other professions all have it harder than cops do, and thats before taking out car accidents that have nothing to do with Officer Fife needing to get his gun off.
That's nice. Can you try again, with an analogy that's actually relevant? The swatter didn't directly case the person to be shot the way your screwdriver directly causes paint damage.
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Since we're not willfully obtuse authoritarians, we can see that cops who had a house (that didn't match the description in the 911 call) surrounded, at distance, were in cover and yet shot the first person to come to the door within a matter of seconds.
And then its the cops doing a no-knock raid on your house for a bogus warrant (or when they should be going to the house across the street) and they will shoot your dumb ass if you're holding so much as a cell phone?
It's barely February and American cops have already shot more people than most other countries do in a decade. And that's only looking at lethal shootings, not cases like a 2014 incident where a cop shot a man for following the cops orders who survived.
The fact that cops can gun people down for no reason and get away with it, throughout most of the country, puts the lie to that statement.
And for all the cops knew, this was one of the hostages walking out the door.
A handgun no one saw. Don't know about Kansas cops, but I had firearms safety when I was eight and one of the cardinal rules was "always know what you are shooting at". Also the 911 all described a completely different house, a fact that none of the pathetic cop excuse makers will acknowledge.
Decisions like "hey we're pretty damned safe since we're a hundred feet away and in cover".
Empty hands two seconds after walking out his own door.
See above on distance and cover. Even if that was an actual hostage taker, the cops chances of winning the Powerball on his way home would be greater than the suspect getting off a successful hip shot at that range.
They had shields.
There was a little court case a while ago that settled the issue of "just following orders".
Give this cop apologia a rest. For all the LEO knew, the man walking out the door was a hostage. An obviously unarmed hostage.
Cops have to deal with false calls all the time. If they can't do that without being dumb panicky shits that murder people, they have no business wearing a badge in the first place.
Can at least have cops and DA's from different jurisdictions/forces doing the investigating. Police officers shoot an unarmed man minding his own business? At least have the county sheriff's office investigate. Oh, it was the county sheriff's that did the shooting? Have the state highway patrol do the investigation. etc.
There would still be an institutional bias but it wouldn't be as bad as organizations clearing themselves of their actions.